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CHILDREN’S charities accused the government yesterday of turning its back on lone child refugees after it refused to say how many would be admitted to Britain under new proposals.
Immigration Minister James Brokenshire said that Britain would provide resources to identify children in Greece and Italy who have family members in this country.
A £10 million fund will also be established to support young refugees in Europe.
Britain’s proud asylum history, from sheltering the Kindertransport escaping Hitler to Basque children fleeing fascist Spain, required tireless campaigning against persistent opposition — and it’s up to all of us to do our part today, writes SABINA PRICE
A recent Immigration Summit heard from Lord Alf Dubs, who fled the Nazis to Britain as a child. JAYDEE SEAFORTH reports on his message that we need to increase public empathy with desperate people seeking asylum
